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Ammodytidae (Sand lances)
Etymology: Ammodytoides: Greek, ammos = sand + Greek, dytes = anyone that likes immersions, diving (Ref. 45335); leptus: Specific name refers to it being the thinnest among the species of the genus.
More on authors: Collette & Randall.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino demersal; rango de profundidad 10 - 99 m (Ref. 37585). Tropical
Eastern Central Pacific: Endemic to Pitcairn.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.7 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 37585)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 50 - 53; Radios blandos anales: 24 - 25; Vértebra: 61 - 63. Body grayish green dorsally; silvery on the sides; iridescent ventrally; hyaline fins, yellowish tail. Pelvic fins absent. Incomplete lateral line (Ref. 37585).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
A schooling fish, 25-30 individuals, found over sand with high ripple marks; fast swimmers and capable of rapid changes in direction; swim in perfect unison. Preyed upon by larger pelagic fishes such as Carangoides ferdau and other species of Ammodytoides (Ref. 37585).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Collette, B.B. and J.E. Randall, 2000. Ammodytoides leptus, a new species of sand lance (Teleostei: Ammodytidae) from Pitcairn Island. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 113(2):397-400. (Ref. 37585)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5010 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00316 (0.00138 - 0.00722), b=3.08 (2.89 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100). 🛈 |